A Shameful Secret

When Hester was young she was seduceed by a man she believed loved her, but he left her and she discovered that she was with child.
In the nineteenth century this was shocking and her parents sent her away to have the child, which Hester was told died soon after it was born. Hester has been subjected to humiliation by her family ever since.
However, things begin to change when her aunt begs for her company on a visit to Bath.